August 31, 2005

I am heading back to school. Eight months off is a…

I am headingback to school. Eight months off is a long time. The old joke about taking 5 years to thaw out after graduating from a Reformed Seminary is as far off base as ever. I need to hurry back in there before I fall away into permanent perdition.

The class I am about to take is called ‘Ministry of the Word’. It is a prereq. class for the entire preaching sequence. So it is mandatory if I ever hope to finish up the M.Div.

If you like you can take a look at the books I will be reading for this class:

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I was recently listening to a round table discussion on a radio program. During this program the panel was saying that Richard Baxter was a borderline heretic. They did not appear to be joking. Maybe you can validate this assertion.

In the context of discussing unity of the Church. Apparently Baxter had no problems with the Romanist view of salvation and only cited Mariology as a point of contention. They said he was at least an Arminian, however indicated that John Owen equated him with a Socinian. They indicated that many people think becasue he was from the Puritan age that he was sound. However, he was far from it. Apparently, the Reformed Pastor is not meant to refer to being Reformed theologically.